Today's best bets

Posted: Saturday, March 10, 2007

 27th Annual Wildlife Art Contest - 9 a.m.-noon, Bear Hollow Wildlife Trail, Memorial Park; artwork can be submitted at the new Zoo Operations Center; $3 per work for Athens Clarke County residents and $5 for non-residents with a limit of three works per person; (706) 613-3616 for information or entry form.

 U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Boating Skills and Seamanship Course - 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today and March 17, The Corps of Engineer's Office and Visitors Center, U.S. Highway 29, a mile south of the Hartwell Dam; two-day course designed for beginners, experienced boaters or personal watercraft operators; $40 per student; (706) 376-0096.

 Story time - 11 a.m., Barnes & Noble, 3650 Atlanta Highway; hear a story and have refreshments.

 Friends of the Athens-Clarke County Library Book Sale - 11 a.m.-8 p.m., the former Shoe Carnival store in the old Wal-Mart Shopping Center on Huntington Road; featuring thousands of new and used fiction, non-fiction, hardbacks, paperbacks, children's books and audiovisual selections to choose from; through Sunday; proceeds benefit the Athens-Clarke County Library; (706) 613-3650, ext. 338.